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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Climate Tort Suits Brought in State Court, For Now

February 13, 2025 by Conor Winters Fossil Fuels Litigation

Though the Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to decide whether state-level climate change lawsuits are preempted by federal law, the justices’ significant and recurring interest in the underlying question as well as the magnitude of what’s at stake for defendants make it likely that the question will return to the Court in the coming years.